Highland Park Tower

Highland Park Tower
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	1570 Highland Parkway Saint Paul, Minnesota
Coordinates	44°55′3.4″N 93°10′0″W / 44.917611°N 93.16667°WCoordinates: 44°55′3.4″N 93°10′0″W / 44.917611°N 93.16667°W
Built	1928
Architect	Clarence W. Wigington; Frank X. Tewes
NRHP Reference #	86001670[1]
Added to NRHP	July 17, 1986

The Highland Park Water Tower is a water tower in the Highland Park area of Saint Paul, Minnesota. It was designed by Clarence W. Wigington, the nation's first African-American municipal architect.^[2] The tower was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

The octagonally-shaped tower, on the second-highest point in Saint Paul, is constructed of brick and cut stone. It is 134 feet high and holds 200,000 gallons of water in a steel tank. It is topped with an arched observation deck, open to the public on special occasions for those willing to climb 151 steps. Beneath the observation deck, it is ornamented with carved downspouts and shields. The tower has been virtually unaltered since it was originally built.^[3]

References

1. Staff (2007-01-23). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. Millett, Larry (2007). AIA Guide to the Twin Cities: The Essential Source on the Architecture of Minneapolis and St. Paul. Minnesota Historical Society Press. p. 334. ISBN 0-87351-540-4.
3. Millett, Larry (2007). AIA Guide to the Twin Cities: The Essential Source on the Architecture of Minneapolis and St. Paul. Minnesota Historical Society Press. p. 530. ISBN 0-87351-540-4.